The SBD's (slow but deadly) keeping up with the Zeros in a dogfight and then taking out several with the 2 front .50s made me laugh. Even though the SBD could pull more Gs than the zero (9 vs 6) The A6M had a good <100mph faster top speed over the Dauntless (255mph vs 360+). They leaned quick not to try and turn with our dive bombers.
This is also why the TBD Devastators got obliterated by Japanese fighter protection. While cutting edge in 1935, by 1940 it was obsolete.
With a top speed of 200mph in bombing runs, they'd have to slow to 115mph and ~100m altitude to drop their garbage torpedos. This basically made them easy prey with no possibility to maneuver or defend itself. Crew would also not be able to bail out at that altitude.
Devastator crews where under no delusion of their pending doom. Every squadron that saw action got decimated upon enemy contact. One reason the SBDs had the success they did at Midway was because of the distraction the TBDs caused. SBDs slipped past Japanese fighter cover when those planes attacked the TBDs. Much of the ship AA crews also had to resupply following the TBD's failed assault, also reducing the AA the SBDs would face.
I always loved the way these looked, especially in the Pre-War colors. Not a single one survived the war, it's considered a "holy grail" aircraft for restoration because of its significance.